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Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their Spring house show tour today with an event missing several notable top stars, as Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Yuka Sakazaki are all in the US (Sakazaki is in All Elite Wrestling, Yamashita & Itoh are making independent appearances this weekend).

Today’s event was held at Otemachi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 256.

Before the matches began, a new YouTube series called “Dream Wrestling – dream on the ring=” was announced. It will feature 4 women from the entertainment world outside of wrestling competing to possibly become a wrestler in TJPW. The show will premiere late this week.

Match 1-Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hikari Noa & Kaya Toribami. Harajuku pinned Toribami after Pomu. Do. Justis.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu in a 3-way by beating Kiryu.

Match 3: “The Unbreakable” Rio beat Yuki Aino. Rio is a wrestler from Europe returning to TJPW for the first time since before the coronavirus pandemic began.

The Main Event was a 10-woman match divided into 5 singles matches, with the teams pre-determined then matches determined by a random draw held before the event. 10 minute time limit for each match.
Match 1: Yuki Kamifuku beat Moka Miyamoto.
Match 2: Rika Tatsumi beat Arisu Endo by submission.
Match 3: Mizuki beat Neko Haruna by submission.
Match 4: Shoko Nakajima beat Yuki Arai.
Match 5: Miu Watanabe vs. Suzume went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Red Corner team wins 4-0-1.

The next event is Saturday at Entetsu Hall in Shizuoka. There is no live broadcast scheduled (it would be Friday night in the US). This will be the final TJPW event before CyberFight Festival ’22.

Following up on a hint dropped in the preview for Sunday’s event, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced today that International Princess Champion Maki Itoh is returning to the US later this month, and this time she’s bringing bestie/frenemy Miyu Yamashita with her. They will be appearing in Portland, OR on 5/28 and 5/29 US time for local independent PRESTIGE Wrestling. On 5/28, Itoh will defend the International Princess Championship against former WWE star and indy standout Mia Yim, who was recently let go by WWE and apparently has not yet followed fiance Keith Lee to All Elite Wrestling (Itoh made a couple appearances in AEW during their pandemic stay in Jacksonville, FL as part of a #1 Contender Tournament for the AEW Women’s Championship and has an 0-2 AEW record). This is significant for the title because it’s the first time a defense will happen outside TJPW, which was one of the plans for the championship before the coronavirus pandemic derailed those plans. Yamashita will face indy and Impact Wrestling star Masha Slamovich on 5/28.
On 5/29, Yamashita & Itoh will face each other for the first time since WRESTLE PRINCESS 2 in October. Presumably this will be a non-title match if Itoh retains.
As a result, both will miss the 5/29 TJPW event at Otemachi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo.

The events will be available to stream worldwide on the IWTV streaming service, which I believe costs around $15/month. No word on when/if their matches will become available on WRESTLE INIVERSE.

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran their second Golden Week event today, GO GO DO IT, making their return to Osaka for their first event at Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 in several years.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese.

The announced paid attendance was 348, a super full house/very near sellout. They only used floor seating close to the ring as apparently Osaka is still under major coronavirus safety protocols and very reduced capacity limits (normally the venue can hold 1500-2000). Your hosts are Haruo Mutata & Kagehiro Osano. SKE48 member Marika Tani was a special guest on commentary.

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Neko Haruna.

Match 2: In a 3 Falls Osaka Ultra Quiz Match, where the first to answer two Osaka-related questions correctly wins, Hyper Misao beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 3: Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro Wrestling) beat Mahiro Kiryu.

Match 4: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Kakuta pinned Harajuku after Shiden Kai.

Match 5: Saki Akai (DDT) & Yuki Kamifuku beat Miyu Yamashita & Miu Watanabe. Kamifuku pinned Watanabe after Fameasser.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls Match, Shoko Nakajima, Maki Itoh, Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi beat Yuki Arai, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Suzume. Fall 1-Tatsumi beat Endo with a dragon sleeper. Fall 2-Nakajima pinned Arai after a diving senton. This match went just short of 30 minutes.

The next event is 5/15 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. They’re taking most of the next month off after a busy last couple months as only 3 more events are scheduled before CyberFight Festival on 6/12.

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran the first event of a doubleheader today that will lead into their major Golden Week event on Tuesday.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Remember that starting today new subscribers can get a 2-week trial of the service FOR FREE! Cancel before the end of the 13th day (Japan time) and pay nothing.

The announced paid attendance was 150. This snaps a long sellout streak at the venue.

Before the matches, a Shoko Nakajima talk event was held where she discussed her trip to England last week to compete in Pro Wrestling EVE.

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 2: Miu Watanabe beat Neko Haruna.

Match 3: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo. Kakuta pinned Endo after Shiden Kai.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita beat Moka Miyamoto.

Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku beat Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Sakazaki pinned Kiryu after Toy Story 4.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao & Suzume. Nakajima pinned Suzume with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT. A contract signing for Tuesday’s title matches will open the event.

Tuesday’s full card has also been announced:

Exhibition Match-Reika Saiki vs. Arisu Endo. 3 minute time limit (Saiki is a former TJPW wrestler who is now technically retired, but is coming back for a farewell appearance)

Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami

Juria Nagano vs. Suzume

Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku

Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Hikaru Shida (All Eite Wrestling) & Moka Miyamoto

Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta for the titles

Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Hyper Misao for the title

The full card for Thursday (Osaka Prefectural Gym #2) will be announced after the event

The event will stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.